Vokabahn

Verb

vorgeben

to pretend

A2 rank #9,272

Meanings

Verb
  1. to pretend
  2. to purport, to allege, to profess, to claim
  3. to dictate, to predefine

In a sentence

Ich konnte nicht länger vorgeben, keine Schmerzen zu verspüren.

I could no longer pretend that I felt no pain.

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Forms

vorgeben · gibt vor · gab vor · hat vorgegeben

vorgeben is A2 German — still elementary vocabulary, ranked #9,272 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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